Pukui worked at Bishop Museum while recording and documenting the largest library of oral histories of her time. In one of her recordings (translated by her daughter, Pat Namaka Bacon), she says, “I have only one favor to ask of people: to take care of their stories, let them be kept in a permanent place … so that their grandchildren and great-grandchildren can come and hear our voices. Go directly to the house of the Princess, listen to the voice of their ancestors speaking. When we are gone, should your grandchildren want to hear your voice, my voice, go to the house of Pauahi.”